FR 60 Day Notice

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http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/
CBP_Form_7507.pdf
Action: CBP proposes to extend the
expiration date of this information
collection with no change to the burden
hours or to CBP Form 7507.
Type of Review: Extension (without
change).
Affected Public: Businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 1,000,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 83,000.
Dated: May 3, 2012.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2012–11115 Filed 5–8–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5604–N–08]

Notice of Propose Information
Collection for Public Comment;
Continuum of Care Homeless
Assistance Grant Application—
Continuum of Care Application
Office of Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development,
HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 16,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name/or OMB Control
number and should be sent to: Colette
Pollard, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
4160, Washington, DC 20410–5000;
telephone (202) 402–3400, (this is not a
toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard at
[email protected] for a copy of
proposed forms, or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at (800) 877–8339.

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Ann
Marie Oliva, Director, Office of Special
Needs Assistance Programs, Office of
Community Planning and Development,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
7262, Washington, DC 20410; telephone
(202) 708–1590 (This is not a toll-free
number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The
Department will submit the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice is
soliciting comments from members of
the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information to: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated collection techniques or
other forms or information technology;
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: HEARTH
Continuum of Care Program
Application.
Description of the need for the
information proposed: This submission
is to request a reinstatement with
revisions of an expired information
collection for the reporting burden
associated with registration
requirements that Continuum of Care
Homeless Assistance (CoC) program
lead agencies will be expected to
complete. This submission is limited to
the reporting burden under the CoC
program, formerly including the
Supportive Housing Program, the
Shelter Plus Care program, and the
Section 8 and Single Room Occupancy
Program, and changed to match the new
inclusive program name created through
the HEARTH Act. To see the regulations
for the new CoC program and applicable
supplementary documents, visit HUD’s
Homeless Resource Exchange ESG page
at http://www.hudhre.info/esg/. The
statutory provisions and the
implementing interim regulations that
govern the program require new
registration requirements.
Agency Form Numbers:

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Members of the affected public: State
and local governments, public housing
authorities, and nonprofit organziations.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response:
The CoC Application will be
completed by all 450 Continuum’s of
Care, as well as 7,559 project applicants,
and will require approximately 314,000
hours to complete. The application
process will occur once per year after
the release of the annual CoC Notice of
Funding Availability.
Status of proposed information
collection: Reinstatement, with change,
of previously approved collection for
which approval has expired.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: May 2, 2012.
Clifford D. Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 2012–11177 Filed 5–8–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR 5604–N–07]

Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Disaster Recovery Grant
Reporting (DRGR) System
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 9,
2012.
SUMMARY:

Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
LaRuth Harper, Department of Housing
Urban and Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 7233, Washington, DC
20410.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stanley Gimont, Director, Office of
Block Grant Assistance at (202) 708–
3587.

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The
Department will submit the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35 as Amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (3) enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond; including through the use of
appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Disaster Recovery
Grant Reporting System.
OMB Control Number: 2506–0165.
Description of the need for the
Information and proposed use: The
Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting
(DRGR) System is a grants management
system used by the Office of Community
Planning and Development to monitor
special appropriation grants under the
Community Development Block Grant
program. This collection pertains to
Community Development Block Grant
Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) and
Neighborhood Stabilization Program
(NSP) grant appropriations.
The CDBG program is authorized
under Title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974,
as amended. Following major disasters,
Congress appropriates supplemental
CDBG funds for disaster recovery.
According to Section 104(e)(1) of the
Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, HUD is responsible for
reviewing grantees’ compliance with
applicable requirements and their
continuing capacity to carry out their
programs. Grant funds are made
available to states and units of general
local government, Indian tribes, and
insular areas, unless provided otherwise
by supplemental appropriations statute,
based on their unmet disaster recovery
needs.
The Neighborhood Stabilization
Program (NSP) was established for the
purpose of stabilizing communities that
have suffered as a result of foreclosures
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2010, President Obama signed the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank
Act) into law (Pub. L. 111–203). This
law provides $1 billion of formula grant
funding for the redevelopment of
foreclosed and abandoned homes to be
allocated under the terms of Title XII,
Division A, Section 2 of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(Recovery Act) and by the formula
factors provided in Title III of Division
B of the Housing and Economic
Recovery Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–289)
(HERA). In 2008, HERA provided for an
initial round of formula funding to
regular State and entitlement
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) grantees through the
Neighborhood Stabilization Program
(NSP1).1 The Recovery Act provided for
a neighborhood stabilization grant
competition open to state and local
governments, as well as non-profit
groups and consortia that may include
for-profit entities (NSP2).2 The DoddFrank Act is the third round of
Neighborhood Stabilization Funding
(NSP3).
Although NSP funds are otherwise to
be considered CDBG funds, HERA, the
Recovery Act and the Dodd-Frank Act
make substantive revisions to the
eligibility, use, and method of
distribution of NSP3 funds. For NSP1
and NSP3, grantees are required to
submit substantial amendments to their
consolidated plans to secure funding
they are entitled to under the formula
grants.
NSP3 Technical Assistance grants
were appropriated under Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) (Pub.
L. 111–203). Grantees were selected
through a competitive process set forth
in the NSP3–TA Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA),3 with the purpose
of assessing the need for technical
assistance and targeting technical
assistance in order to achieve the
highest level of performance and results
for the programs administered by HUD’s
Office of Community Planning and
Development. Eligible applicants
include states, units of local
government, public housing authorities,
non-profit organizations, for-profit
entities, and joint applicants.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
SF–424 Application for Federal
Assistance.
Members of affected public: DRGR is
used to monitor CDBG–DR, NSP, and
1 In October of 2010, NSP1 and NSP3 were
consolidated under the Unified NSP1 and NSP3
Notice (FR 75 64322).
2 74 FR 21377.
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NSP–TA grants. CDBG–DR and NSP
grant funds are made available to states
and units of general local government,
Indian tribes, and insular areas, unless
provided otherwise by supplemental
appropriations statute. NSP–TA grant
funds are awarded on a competitive
basis and are open to state and local
governments, as well as non-profit
groups and consortia that may include
for-profit entities.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the
Information collection including
number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
Community Development Block Grant
Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) Grants:
The DRGR system has approximately 72
open CDBG disaster recovery grants.
HUD requires each grantee to report
their performance into the system
quarterly. In addition, grantees submit
vouchers for drawdown of funds as
needed. Some grantees have more than
one open grant under different
appropriation rules and are required to
report on grants separately.
For average sized grantees (< $100m
in grant funds), the Department
estimates 9 hours for quarterly reporting
in DRGR. Larger grantees with funds in
excess of $100M+ require a substantially
greater number of reporting activities,
thus averaging approximately 57 hours
per quarter. The estimated annual total
number of hours for Disaster Grant
reporting is 2,241.
Neighborhood Stabilization Program
(NSP) Grants: The system has 577 NSP1
and NSP3 grants in the system. The 270
NSP3 grantees must prepare and submit
substantial amendments to their action
plans, sign grant agreements, and set up
activities in DRGR for a total of 15,323
hours.
The Department estimates that it takes
4 hours per grant for quarterly reporting
and 38 hours for voucher submissions.
The estimated annual total number of
hours for all 577 NSP1 and 3 grantees
to report in DRGR is 9,232 hours.
Voucher submissions are estimated at
3,899 burden hours per year. Total
burden hours including application,
grant setup and reporting are estimated
at 28,494.
Neighborhood Stabilization Program
3 Technical Assistance (NSP3–TA)
Grants: DRGR currently has 10 NSP3–
TA grants in the system. The
Department estimates 1,848 total hours
including 42 applications and grant
setup for the 10 selected applicants.
Quarterly reporting for the 10 grants is
estimated at 3 hours per grant, per
response, for an annual total of 160
hours. Total annual voucher
submissions are estimated at 68 hours.

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Status of the proposed information
collection: This notice precedes a
continuation of the existing burden hour
request.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: May 2, 2012.
Mercedes Ma´rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
and Development.
[FR Doc. 2012–11180 Filed 5–8–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–R–2012–N069;
FXRS1265030000S3–123–FF03R06000]

Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge, Big
Stone and Lac Qui Parle Counties, MN
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of a draft comprehensive
conservation plan (CCP) and
environmental assessment (EA) for Big
Stone National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge,
NWR) for public review and comment.
In this draft CCP/EA we describe how
we propose to manage the refuge for the
next 15 years.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we
must receive your written comments by
June 8, 2012. We will hold an open
house-style meeting during the
comment period to receive comments
and provide information on the draft
plan. In addition, we will use special
mailings, newspaper articles, internet
postings, and other media
announcements to inform people of
opportunities for input.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or
requests for more information by any
one of the following methods:
• Email: [email protected]. Include
‘‘Big Stone Draft CCP/EA’’ in the subject
line of the message.
• Fax: Attention: Alice Hanley, 320–
273–2231.
• U.S. Mail: Attention: Refuge
Manager, Big Stone National Wildlife
Refuge, 44843 County Road 19, Odessa,
MN 56276.
• In-Person Drop Off: You may drop
off comments during regular business
hours at the above address.
You may also find information about
the draft CCP/EA planning process on
the planning Web site: http://

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www.fws.gov/midwest/Planning/
BigStoneNWR/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alice Hanley, 320–273–2191.
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the CCP
process for Big Stone NWR, which we
began by publishing a notice of intent in
the Federal Register (73 FR 76677) on
December 17, 2008. For more about the
initial process and the history of this
refuge, see that notice.
Background
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee) (Administration Act),
requires us to develop a CCP for each
national wildlife refuge. The purpose in
developing a CCP is to provide refuge
managers with a 15-year strategy for
achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System
(NWRS), consistent with sound
principles of fish and wildlife
management, conservation, legal
mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation and photography,
and environmental education and
interpretation. We will review and
update the CCP at least every 15 years
in accordance with the Administration
Act.
Each unit of the NWRS, including Big
Stone NWR, was established for specific
purposes. We use these purposes as the
foundation for developing and
prioritizing the management goals and
objectives for each refuge within the
NWRS mission, and to determine how
the public can use each refuge. The
planning process is a way for us and the
public to evaluate management goals
and objectives that will ensure the best
possible approach to wildlife, plant, and
habitat conservation, while providing
for wildlife-dependent recreation
opportunities that are compatible with
each refuge’s establishing purposes and
the mission of the NWRS.
Refuge Overview
Big Stone NWR was established in
1975 when lands, purchased by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers as part of the
Big Stone Lake–Whetstone River Project
authorized by the Flood Control Act of
1965, were transferred to the Service.

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Today the Refuge includes 11,586 acres
and is managed for fish, wildlife, and
their habitats.
CCP Alternatives and Our Preferred
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Priority Issues
During the public scoping process,
we, other stakeholders and partners, and
the public identified several priority
issues, which include habitat
management, sedimentation, invasive
species, and demand for additional
recreation opportunities and visitor
services. To address these issues, we
developed and evaluated the following
six alternatives during the planning
process.
Alternative 1: Current Management/No
Action
Alternative 1 is the No Action
alternative, which means there would
be no change from current management
practices. Active management of Refuge
habitats and visitor services would
continue at present levels. Water
movement and associated sediment
delivery would continue to follow its
current route through the Refuge, and
the quality of riverine habitat would
remain within its present range of
conditions. There would be no change
to the management capabilities of West
Pool. Remnant prairie, restored
grasslands, and prairie associated with
granite outcrops would continue to be
managed at present levels. The amount
of partially restored grasslands would
increase by 500 acres. The total area of
nonnative grassland would decrease to
300 acres. Wildlife observation and
photography, environmental education
and interpretation, hunting, fishing,
trapping, and gathering shed antlers and
wild edible plants are recreational
opportunities that would occur under
this alternative if they meet the Service
definition of compatibility. Refuge staff
would continue to work with visitors
and local communities and provide
volunteer opportunities to build support
for the Refuge.
Alternative 2
Under this alternative the natural
alignment, channel capacity, and
meander relationships would be
restored to the upper 5 miles of the
Minnesota River within the Refuge, and
there would be an effort to improve
water quality within the Minnesota
River and its tributaries. Redistributing
the timing and delivery of waters and
sediment would improve the ability to
increase, distribute, and diversify
submerged vegetation within West Pool.
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